Looking Back, Penguins Never Really Got it Right Tannor Torrao | May 16, 2014 So this is it. This was the last hurrah. The last charge of Dan Bylsma and his slightly-less-than-uber-talented Penguins. It ended in the same fashion that the previous four postseasons…
Could a Game Seven Win for the Penguins Be a Worst-Case Scenario? Tannor Torrao | May 13, 2014 The fact that the Pittsburgh Penguins are playing a seventh and deciding game against the New York Rangers tonight at Consol Energy Center is, in a word: EMBARRASSING. Even the…
Penguins Game 7: Opportunity or Dead on Arrival Justin Glock | May 13, 2014 “These are ones that you dream about playing and you play in your backyard,” Bylsma said. “These are the ones that you’ll remember. Game 51, we’re not going to remember from…
Penguins-THW Mailbag: Postseason/Post-Regular Season Edition Tannor Torrao | April 16, 2014 A long, hard winter. The Olympics. More than 500 man-games lost to injury. Has it been six months already? The end of the NHL’s 2013-2014 regular season has come. For…
Is this Marc-Andre Fleury’s Final Season With the Penguins? Justin Glock | April 15, 2014 Marc-Andre Fleury hasn’t played in more than one playoff series per year since 2009-10. He’s either lost in the 1st-round or been replaced before a 1st-round series was over. If this pattern continues, this might be…
Penguins Regular Season Arrogance Weakens their Playoff Odds Justin Glock | April 12, 2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins regular season arrogance is setting this team up for another playoff failure. Regular season hockey doesn’t work in the playoffs. This maneuver has yet to prove successful for…
The Pittsburgh Penguins/THW Post-Olympic/Post-Trade Deadline Mailbag Tannor Torrao | March 7, 2014 The Olympics ended just under two weeks ago, and the NHL’s annual trade deadline came and went on Wednesday at 3pm eastern time. Lots has happened in the past 10…
Trying to Make Sense of the (Lack of a) Ryan Kesler Deal Tannor Torrao | March 6, 2014 What ownership wants, ownership will get. I’m of course referring to the ownership of the Vancouver Canucks. Who on Wednesday, as one writer said “put the kibosh on any deal…
The Flip-Side to the Trade Deadline for the Penguins Tannor Torrao | March 5, 2014 Every trade, in any sport; much like every story, has two sides. For the past week I, and most of my colleagues here at The Hockey Writers, have been all…
Pittsburgh Penguins: Five Post-Olympic Storylines Sean Griffin | February 13, 2014 As the NHL steps aside to shine a spotlight on the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the Pittsburgh Penguins find themselves in a familiar place. More than two-thirds of the way through the season,…
Brooks Orpik Doesn’t Belong on Team USA Olympic Roster Justin Glock | February 5, 2014 Brooks Orpik doesn’t belong on the Team USA Olympic roster. As THW’s Mike Colligan pointed out, Orpik’s game has declined. He’s slow of foot, and he’s unable to keep up with any…
3 Reasons the Penguins Won’t Trade Kris Letang Sean Griffin | January 31, 2014 With the NHL’s trade deadline looming soon after an impending Olympic roster freeze, hockey fans everywhere wait with eager anticipation to see what moves will be made around the league. It’s no different…